Research on the Dilemma between Individual Rationalization and Community Orderliness: Take the COVID-19 as an Example

The COVID-19, which broke out in Wuhan at the beginning of 2020 and then hit the whole country, fully exposed the dilemma between the rational action of individuals and the order required by the community. However, behind this practical dilemma, there is actually a deeper theoretical problem, that is, whether people are atomic individuals or members of the community. This dilemma limits the possible strategies for overcoming it. Specifically, for the rationalization of human beings and the orderliness of the community, the possible strategies can not be achieved by negating one of the two, but can only be regulatory. The academic review of the concept of community indicates that this regulation is both possible and realistic: on the one hand, the construction of the community needs to be strengthened, making it a "big family" that is subjectively recognized by its members, and on the other hand, the community consciousness of its members needs to be cultivated. This cultivation requires both educational intervention and the establishment of a platform for the community to build its members’ sense of ownership through the construction of the entity level.